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"The experiment was begun by a colleague of Nobel Prize winner Ernest Walton in the physics department of Trinity in 1944." Am I the only one who finds this in
by chm 13y ago
"The experiment was begun by a colleague of Nobel Prize winner Ernest Walton in the physics department of Trinity in 1944."
Am I the only one who finds this insulting? They could at least name the guy!!!
- yaddayadda 13y ago"Over the years, the identity of the scientist who began the experiment was forgotten, and the experiment lay unattended on a shelf where it continued to shed drops uninterrupted while gathering layers of dust. Physicists at Trinity College recently began to monitor the experiment again. Last April they set up a webcam so that anyone could watch and try to be the first person ever to witness the drop fall live." - http://www.nature.com/news/world-s-slowest-moving-drop-caught-on-camera-at-last-1.13418 http://www.nature.com/news/world-s-slowest-moving-drop-caugh...
- randomaccount 13y agoPretty sure it's this guy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gEz2eE048M http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gEz2eE048M His office is in the same room as this tar drop experiment.